Date: 4th February 2025

Samantha Morton, Elliot Page, Bill Irwin and Himesh Patel join cast of The Odyssey


Samantha Morton, Elliot Page, Bill Irwin and Himesh Patel are the latest named to join the ensemble cast for Sir Christopher Nolan's upcoming epic adaptation of Homer's classic poem, which follows Odysseus' journey home following the Trojan War.

The film’s latest additions join an ensemble that already includes Tom Holland, Matt Damon, Robert Pattinson, Anne Hathaway, Zendaya, Lupita Nyong'o, Charlize Theron, John Leguizamo, and Jon Bernthal.

Page is a Nolan veteran, having the memorable role of architecture grad student Ariadne in 2010's Inception. Patel too is a Nolan alum, with a role in 2020's Tenet, while Irwin had the memorable voice role of TARS the robot in Interstellar.

Principal photography on the film is expected to begin in February, and Nolan is reportedly set to shoot the Ancient Greek epic in the United Kingdom, Morocco, and the Aeolian Islands near Sicily, Italy. Recent reports of a rumored $250 million production budget have pointed toward it being the most expensive film of Nolan’s career to date.

Page, who earned an Oscar nomination for 2007’s Juno, is known for Netflix’s The Umbrella Academy and starred in, co-wote and produced the feature Close to You, which landed on Netflix in November after a festival run.

Patel broke out with the Beatles-infused feature Yesterday in 2018, and earned an Emmy nomination for his work on HBO’s Station Eleven. He recently led the HBO series The Franchise, about the making of a superhero movie.

Source: Press Release